Railway-car.



T. N. RUSSELL.

RAILWAY CAR. APPLICATION FILED mac. 4. 19m

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

WITNESSi'aSB,

. formed ill a citizen oi theUnited States,

Fig. 2 is a section sitcoms NATHAN nussnLL, or CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 CHICAGO- GLEVELAND CAR ROOFING COMPANY, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .A COR'PORAEION 01 ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-CAR menses.

Specification of Letters Patent.

racemes Feb. 15,1916.

Application filed December t, 191%. Serial No. 875A.

To all whom it may concern:

@Be it known that I, THOMAS N. Russians,

and a resident' of Chicago, in the county Cook and State of .illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had tothe'accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to railway cars, and it has for its objectthe'provision of a new and. improved form of car end construct-ion. itsis well known, when scar is loaded with grain, or other easilyshiitablemaaerial, enormous stresses are brought to bear upon the endsof the car as it is stopped or started in being sw tched about a railwayyard.

It is the object of my invention-to provide a construction of car end.which shall be as strong as possible to resist the stresses brought tobear upon the end, wherelcry the car structure is protected from unduestrains which would have a tendency to loosen the structure and life ofthe can i It is one of the objects to cheapen tion of 21 thus shortenthe of my invention car while at the same time providingthe maximimistrength. To this end,

I have provided. a cox inedend plate and end closure nember, both soformed and reinforced as to have maximum strength in proportion to theamount of the metal used, due regard being bad to the formand'arrangcment of the bracing members of the car structure. With thisin View, I have provided a twonut end closure member ni' pro .cl steelprovided with strengthening ribs or corrugations so disposed as tostrengthen and reinforce the end relative to the best braced parts oithe car frame. The means by which I have accomplishcd my objects areillustrated in, the accompanying drawings and are heremafter s'ieciiicully described.

That which I be eve to be new is set forth in the claim? in thedrawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the end of a car embodyingmy impro'wzd constrlu-tion and arrangement;

tak n substantiallyon line- 2--2 of l 1; l1 lg. 3 is a fragmentaryshowing the upper righthand corner end closure member shown in Fig. 1;

is a section taken on line 4- .1: of

oi toe Fig. 4

suddenly as much as possible the construc I Fig. 1; Fig.6 is afragmentary view showing the connection of the plates 25 and 16, withthe plate 32 removed; Fig. 6* is a sectioutaken on line 6-6 of F1 1.

Referring to the several figures of the drawings, in which correspondingparts are indicated'by the same reference characters, 10 indicates theside sill and 11 the end sill of a ear.

12 indicates the side plates, which arev braced in any suitable mannerrelative to the side sills I0 and the belt rail 13 extend inglongitudinally of the car between the side plate 12 and the side sill10. The side plate, the belt all and the side sill at each side of thecar have secured upon their outer faces side sheathing 14. Flooring ordecking 15 extends between the side sills 10, being supported in anysuitable manner therebetween,

16 indicates an endclosure member, formed of sheet steel, havingpressedtherein a centrally-positioned verticallyextending strengtheningrib or corrugation l7 and a plurality of i'liagonally-extendingstrengthening ribs orcorrugations 18. In the construction shown the ribs18 at each side of the rib '1'? are parallel with each other, andconverge toward the rib 17 at their upper ends. Immediately above theribs 1718 are a plurality of horizontallyextendinp; strengthening ribsor corrugations 19 pressed in the end-closure member 16. As best shownin Fig. 2, the end-closure edge providing secured to the end sill'll bymeans of bolts 21. member 16 are also turned forward about the sidesheathing 14. where they are socured in position by bolts 22. Adiagonallyextending tie-plate .23 is riveted to the endclosure member1.6 at the bottom thereof, being secured in position at the sidoof thecar by bolts 24 passing through the side sills 10.

indicates an upper end-closure member providedwith a centrallylocatedverticallyextending rib or corrugationifi and with diagonally-extendingribs or corrugations 27 corresponding to theribs l7- lS of theend-closure member IGI A horizontally-extending strengthening rib orcorrugation 28 is pressed in the plate .25 iinmcdiatel above the ribs2G).7 and two horizontal]y-cxtending ribs 29 are pressed in said plateimme- The transverse edges-of the end-olosurc diately below said ribs.26- 27., The lower edge of the plate overlaps the upper edge of theplate 16 andis secured thereto by a plurality of, rivets '30. Thelateral edges of theplate 25 are turned forward about the side sheathing14, being'secured in position by means of bolts 3.1. A tie-plate -32 1sriveted to both plates 16 and 25 opposite the belt-rail 13, towhich beltrail the tie-plate is secured means of bolts 33'. The upper end of theplate 25 is pressed into the form of an angle, having inclined portions234F 35 corresponding to the desired .slope of "the roof, the outer endsof which inclined portions are turned down about the side plates 12, asindicated by Fig. 3 and as shown in Fig. 4. Secured in any suitablemanner at j the angle of the portions 84'35 of the in-.,

i tegral form of end plate shown, there is a ridgepole 36-01? anyapproved construction.

. Gussets 37 38 are 'secured to the side plates 12 a short distance fromthe end plate, bracebars 39 being employed to connect said 'gussets withthe end plate for bracing the end plate against-buckling outward atitsstrong construction capable of successfully resisting the great stressesbrought to bear uponthe end of the car under normal conditions of use.

VVhat' I claim as my invention and desire to s'scure by Letters Patient,is-

1. An end-closure for a railway car comprising a sheet-metal plateextending across the end of the car with its side edges turned to extendalong the sides of the car on the 'outer face of the side sheathing, andportions formed integrally with said plate and inclined to conform' tothe slope of the roof of the car, the ends of said inclined portionsbeing turned down between the side plates and the side sheathing of thecar.

2. An end-closure for a railway car comprising a sheet-metal plateextendingacross the end of the car with its side edges turned to extendalong the sides of the car on the outer face of the side sheeting,portionsfo'rmed integral with said plate and inclined to conform to theslope of the roof of the car, and diagonally-extending brace-barsconnected with the said inclined portions and with the side plates ofthe car a short distance from the end of the car.

nii'neea 3.-An' end-closure-for arailway car comp prising a' sheet-metalplate. extending across the end of the-car with its side edges turned toextend along the sides of thejcar on the outerface of the .sidesheathing, portions formed integral with saidplate and inclined toconform'to the slopefof the roof of the car, gussets firmly secured inposition upon the side plates of the car a shortdistance from the end ofthe car, brace-bars connected with said gussets and extending therefromdiagonally inw'ar to the said inclined p'ortions, and'means' or securingsaid brace-bars to said inclined-portions.

4. An end closure for a. railway car comprising a sheet-metal plateextending across the end of the-car, and means at the upper edge of saidplate for preventing saidplate from. bowing. outward at. its middlepoint,

' saidplate beingprovided with a strengthening rib pressed in horizontalposition therein 1 across its lower 'edg'e' p'ortion, and with avertically-extending strengthening rib and a plurality of otherstrengthening ribs parallel with each other and'diverging with saidvertically-extending rib pressed in said plate extending upward fromsaid horizontallyextending rib to'Zsubstantiallythe upper edge oftheplate.- I

5. An end closure for a railway car com- I prising a sheet-metal plateextending across .the end of the car, .a. flange turned inward along thelower edgeof Said plate, and

means for securing said flange to the upper face of the end sill ofthecar, said plate being provided with a straight strengthening ribpressed in horizontal position there-" in across its upper edge portionbelow the edge of the plate, and with' a plurality of divergingstrengthening ribs pressed therein. extend ng downward from saidhorizontallyextendlng strengthening rib to v substantially the loweredge of the plate.

6. In anend-closure for a railway car, the

combination of two sheet-metal plates positioned with the lowerv edge ofone overlap- \ping the upper edge bf the other, and means for securingsaid plates together, each of said plates being provided with a strengthening rib pressed therein in horizontal posi- .tion adjacent to thejoint between said two plates, with a centrally-located strengtheningrihpressed therein extending from the horizontally-extending rib towardthe opposite edge of the plate, and with a plurality .ofdiagonally-extending ribs pressed therein extending from said firstmentioned rib toward the opposite edge of the plate.

THOMAS NATHAN RUSSELL. Witnesses:

W. H. DnBUsK, W. A. FURNNER.

